About
UCD School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe) is the oldest and the largest school of its kind in the Republic of Ireland.
About the School
SPIRe is a dynamic, multi-faceted and highly-international school offering exciting and professionally-valuable programmes of study at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Our academic staff are engaged in cutting-edge research on a wide variety of political issues, including ethno-political conflict, human rights, and Ireland's role in the European Union, to name just a few. The School is also home to five research centres: the UN-linked Centre for Sustainable Development, the Centre for Peace and Conflict Research, the Centre for Asia-Pacific Research, the Centre for Democracy Research and the Centre for Connected Politics. In addition, the school is affiliated to the UCD Dublin European Institute.
- Academic Staff
- Administrative Staff
- Academic Staff Areas of Research Interests
- UCD Centre for Asia-Pacific Research
- UCD Centre for Peace and Conflict Research (formerly IBIS)
- UCD Centre for Democracy Research
- UCD Centre for Sustainable Development
- UCD Connected_Politics Lab
- UCD Dublin European Institute